Tabitha
#1,299 for girls in 2025, 171 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 2,309 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 59,200since 1880
Tabitha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tabitha has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,299 | 171 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,505 | 144 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,493 | 145 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,468 | 150 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,343 | 165 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,334 | 165 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,180 | 199 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,085 | 232 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,036 | 249 | — | |
| 2016 | #930 | 295 | — | |
| 2015 | #941 | 288 | — | |
| 2014 | #911 | 297 | — | |
| 2013 | #752 | 360 | — | |
| 2012 | #770 | 358 | — | |
| 2011 | #672 | 420 | — | |
| 2010 | #631 | 465 | — | |
| 2009 | #643 | 463 | — | |
| 2008 | #580 | 531 | — | |
| 2007 | #556 | 551 | — | |
| 2006 | #527 | 574 | — | |
| 2005 | #485 | 632 | — | |
| 2004 | #443 | 689 | — | |
| 2003 | #401 | 755 | — | |
| 2002 | #390 | 754 | — | |
| 2001 | #341 | 902 | — | |
| 2000 | #319 | 992 | — | |
| 1999 | #291 | 1,060 | — | |
| 1998 | #281 | 1,110 | — | |
| 1997 | #244 | 1,217 | — | |
| 1996 | #231 | 1,228 | — | |
| 1995 | #219 | 1,290 | — | |
| 1994 | #211 | 1,391 | — | |
| 1993 | #203 | 1,445 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #189 | 1,606 | — | |
| 1991 | #190 | 1,573 | — | |
| 1990 | #164 | 1,765 | — | |
| 1989 | #156 | 1,853 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #154 | 1,849 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #151 | 1,809 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #140 | 2,009 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #135 | 2,153 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #141 | 2,106 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #137 | 2,156 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #152 | 1,936 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #147 | 1,919 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #155 | 1,788 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #155 | 1,818 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #126 | 2,309 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #195 | 1,376 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #236 | 1,003 | — | |
| 1975 | #264 | 912 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #283 | 887 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #291 | 815 | — | |
| 1972 | #296 | 830 | — | |
| 1971 | #295 | 948 | — | |
| 1970 | #279 | 1,049 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #297 | 944 | — | |
| 1968 | #391 | 549 | — | |
| 1967 | #449 | 444 | — | |
| 1966 | #524 | 327 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tabitha was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tabitha is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#44 · 1 in 213
- Tennessee#46 · 1 in 210
- Georgia#51 · 1 in 246
- North Carolina#52 · 1 in 253
- West Virginia#55 · 1 in 241
Best ever in a state: #44 in South Carolina, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #44 | 80 | 1 in 213 |
| Tennessee | #46 | 133 | 1 in 210 |
| Georgia | #51 | 131 | 1 in 246 |
| North Carolina | #52 | 128 | 1 in 253 |
| West Virginia | #55 | 49 | 1 in 241 |
| Mississippi | #59 | 59 | 1 in 260 |
| Alabama | #61 | 78 | 1 in 279 |
| Arkansas | #66 | 41 | 1 in 307 |
| Kentucky | #70 | 73 | 1 in 327 |
| Missouri | #77 | 84 | 1 in 365 |
| Oklahoma | #80 | 45 | 1 in 378 |
| Virginia | #82 | 79 | 1 in 352 |
| Indiana | #85 | 83 | 1 in 419 |
| Louisiana | #92 | 64 | 1 in 430 |
| Maine | #101 | 13 | 1 in 455 |
| Florida | #106 | 91 | 1 in 484 |
| Ohio | #109 | 132 | 1 in 522 |
| Maryland | #116 | 36 | 1 in 507 |
| Nebraska | #119 | 19 | 1 in 517 |
| Oregon | #131 | 25 | 1 in 618 |
| Hawaii | #140 | 9 | 1 in 506 |
| Iowa | #140 | 26 | 1 in 715 |
| Pennsylvania | #148 | 88 | 1 in 750 |
| Alaska | #149 | 5 | 1 in 498 |
| Texas | #150 | 147 | 1 in 703 |
| Illinois | #156 | 84 | 1 in 844 |
| Idaho | #158 | 10 | 1 in 668 |
| Michigan | #161 | 67 | 1 in 859 |
| Kansas | #165 | 18 | 1 in 746 |
| North Dakota | #165 | 6 | 1 in 724 |
| Connecticut | #170 | 16 | 1 in 887 |
| Arizona | #171 | 22 | 1 in 745 |
| Massachusetts | #176 | 30 | 1 in 988 |
| South Dakota | #184 | 5 | 1 in 849 |
| Washington | #190 | 23 | 1 in 998 |
| Colorado | #214 | 16 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Minnesota | #217 | 20 | 1 in 1,327 |
| New York | #224 | 82 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Wisconsin | #227 | 20 | 1 in 1,448 |
| District of Columbia | #230 | 6 | 1 in 922 |
| New Jersey | #235 | 27 | 1 in 1,343 |
| New Mexico | #269 | 7 | 1 in 1,169 |
| California | #272 | 107 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tabitha
- 206 spots since 2024 (#1,505 → #1,299)
- 35 spots since 2020 (#1,334 → #1,299)
- 358 spots since 2015 (#941 → #1,299)
- Biggest jump: 1,469 spots in 1966 (#1,993 → #524)
- Biggest drop: 499 spots in 1890 (#839 → #1,338)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1978 at #126 (2,309 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1966–2016
- Highest: 1 in 663 girls born in 1978 were named Tabitha (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,399 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.1% of all girls named Tabitha (19,578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #628 (1880) | #874 |
| 1890s | 73 | #826 (1893) | #1,258 |
| 1900s | 44 | #1,357 (1908) | #1,526 |
| 1910s | 95 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,518 |
| 1920s | 83 | #2,587 (1923) | #3,464 |
| 1930s | 66 | #2,579 (1938) | #3,486 |
| 1940s | 74 | #2,537 (1942) | #3,424 |
| 1950s | 150 | #2,314 (1951) | #3,000 |
| 1960s | 2,409 | #297 (1969) | #1,715 |
| 1970s | 11,947 | #126 (1978) | #242 |
| 1980s | 19,578 | #135 (1985) | #147 |
| 1990s | 13,685 | #164 (1990) | #222 |
| 2000s | 6,843 | #319 (2000) | #469 |
| 2010s | 3,163 | #631 (2010) | #891 |
| 2020s | 940 | #1,299 (2025) | #1,407 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tabitha in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 663 of them was named Tabitha, which outranked 98.9% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 109,456 of them was named Tabitha, which outranked 58.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,669Yechiel16
- #2,669Zoran16
- #2,669Zuri16
- #2,799Tabitha15
- #2,799Aloysius15
- #2,799Alpha15
- #2,799Americo15
- #2,929Adolphus14
- #2,929Agustine14
- #2,929Alim14
Tied with 129 names at #2,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.